Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage at the Comité Noviembre Puerto Rican Artisans & Health Fair – Saturday, Nov. 23 – Bronx, NYC

For more information, contact:  Teresa A. Santiago, (914) 263-6599 or Luis Cordero (914) 505-5482

The Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture at Hostos Community College in the Bronx will be transformed into a typical Puerto Rican plaza this weekend, with fountains, palm trees, piragua and coquito carts and artists, sculptors, vejigante mask makers and artisans selling traditional wares.

The transformation will take place on Saturday, Nov. 23, for Comité Noviembre’s fourth annual artisans fair. Over 30 artesanos puertorriqueños from throughout the United States and Puerto Rico will showcase their unique and traditional art at the fair. Musical and cultural acts will entertain throughout the day, and children and adults will have the opportunity to take part in workshops on mask-making, the history of the Three Kings Celebration, and the music of Puerto Rico and the Taíno Indigenous People. This year’s event also features a health fair to educate people about the chronic diseases that have a disparate affect on our community, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity.

The event is free to the community and will be held at the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, at 450 Grand Concourse in the Bronx, from 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.  It is a great opportunity to kick-start the holiday shopping season and kick off a healthy New Year.

Each year the fair attracts thousands of people from across the New York metro area.

The event’s workshop schedule is as follows:

Artisans Workshops
11AM – 12Noon
• Taíno Storytelling

• Three Kings Celebration

12Noon – 1PM

• Taíno Petroglyph Symbols

• Vegigante Mask Making

1PM – 2PM

• Taino Spirituality

4PM – 5PM
• Historical Overview of Boricua Music

Health Workshops

Workshops hosted by sanofi-aventis US

12Noon – 1PM

• Health & Flavor in the Latino Kitchen

1PM – 2PM

• Power Over Diabetes

2PM – 3PM

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The charge of Comité Noviembre is to promote, acknowledge, create awareness and take ownership of our rich culture, language, and history. Comité Noviembre is the collective effort of ten key Puerto Rican organizations: the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, ASPIRA of New York, the Association of Hispanic Arts, El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, El Museo del Barrio, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights– Justice Committee, the National Institute for Latino Policy, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration which plan and coordinate el mes de la herencia puertorriqueña.

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